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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Junichiro Tanizaki born?
(a) 1886 A.D.
(b) 342 A.D.
(c) 1052 A.D.
(d) 30 B.C.

2. Who wrote "How to Start to Write?"
(a) Walter Benjamin.
(b) Carlos Fuentes.
(c) Ivan Turgenev.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

3. What nationality is Walter Benjamin?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Belgian.
(d) Italian.

4. When was Lu Hsun born?
(a) 1881 A.D.
(b) 1312 A.D.
(c) 1775 A.D.
(d) 340 B.C.

5. What occupation did Lu Hsun abandon to become a writer?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Court official.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Merchant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject chiefly interests George Orwell?

2. Who is Hsun addressing in his essay "Death?"

3. What inspired Ivan Turgenev's view of servants?

4. When was Jose Luis Borges born?

5. What is the subject of "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?

Short Essay Questions

1. What level of literary output did G. K. Chesterton achieve in his lifetime?

2. What is the subject of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Crack-Up?" What extended metaphor does he use?

3. What kind of literature did Virginia Woolf write? What was a common focus that united her work?

4. How does Seymour Krim's life compare to Mary McCarthy's? How did Krim's childhood impact his writing?

5. What is Junichiro Tanizaki's contribution to world literature? How has Tanizaki's writing style been characterized?

6. What is the subject of Junichiro Tanizaki's "In Praise of Shadows?" What hope does Tanizaki express at the end of the essay?

7. Under what circumstances are Lu Hsun's "This Tool is Life" and "Death" written? What are the subjects of these essays?

8. How did Virginia Woolf's personal background impact her work?

9. What tone does Mary McCarthy use in "My Confession?" How does she approach herself as well as the subjects of her essays?

10. What views is Henry David Thoreau well known for? How did he believe one should live one's life?

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